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| Plustek Opticbook 3600 A4 Book Edge Scanner Pdf Conversion | 
 enlarge | Brand: Plustek
Category: CE
List Price: $292.99
Buy New: $204.99
You Save: $88.00 (30%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 14
Dimensions (in): 21 x 16.6 x 7.8
MPN: 91N-BBM31-A
Model: 91N-BBM31-A
EAN: 4042485352652
ASIN: B00065KA72
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 2 days
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Product Description
Introducing a simple, innovative solution to scanning books, Thanks to Plustek's patent pending SEE (Shadow Elimination Element) Technology, any book can lie completely flat on the scanning glass. The result is a perfectly scanned image with no annoying book spine shadow and no distorted lines of text. Whereas professional book scanners are targeted mainly for large libraries, archive museums, and corporations with big budgets, OpticBook 3600 is an affordable solution for all libraries, copy rooms, students, teachers, universities, SOHO, law offices, publicists, and work groups. Main Features Manufacturer: Plustek, IncManufacturer Part Number: 91N-BBM31-AManufacturer Website Address: www.plustek.comProduct Type: Flatbed ScannerImage Sensor: CCDScan Resolution: 1200 dpi OpticalBit Depth: 48 bit Color / 16 bit Grayscale / 1 bit MonochromeMaximum Scan Speed: 6.667ppm (Color) / 7.5ppm (Grayscale) / 7.5ppm (Monochrome)Media Type: Book, Plain PaperMedia Size: 8.5" x 11.69"Ports: USB 2.0 USBDimensions: 4" Height x 11" Width x 18" DepthWeight: 8.5 lb ApproximateStandard Warranty: 1 Year(s)
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 Hardcover scans only January 3, 2009
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A nice fast scanner, it can scan a page in under 10 seconds. I was able to scan a 400 page book in just over an hour. Not bad!
BUT... and this is the killer for me... paperback ("mass market edition") books don't scan very well because the print normally goes all the way to the spine. If you don't mind destroying your book (cracking the spine) then you might be able to do it but I like to keep my books in good condition. This made the scanner useless for my needs.
The "edge" of this "edge scanner" scanning plate isn't quite at the edge of the machine; there's a good lip, which also prevents close scanning of paperback text close to the spine.
The OCR software is relatively accurate; it gets confused by large fonts (eg what you sometimes see at the beginning of a chapter) and by fancy headers/footers, but overall not bad.
 The lamp died precociously. February 3, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I was a big fan of this scanner until recently.
It scans books fast without damaging spines.
I used it very carefully.
I used another scanner of mine for non-book materials, because I didn't want to waste the lamp life.
The result? The lamp died after around 200 scans!
I used it intermittently, so I was out of warranty when the lamp died.
I've used scanners of several manufacturers, and this is the first time that a scanner lamp died on me.
In sum, $300 for 200 scans is not recommendable at all.
Added: I got another reason to hate this scanner. Service of the company is horrible. I sent several emails about my problem, but never got answers.
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